Wonder Girls: Changing Our World
by Paola Gianturco /
2017 / English / EPUB
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Paola Gianturco and her eleven-year-old granddaughter documented
the work of fifteen girl-led nonprofit groups in thirteen countries
in Asia and Central Asia, North and Latin America, the Middle East,
Africa and Oceania. They interviewed and photographed 102 girls. If
you think "girls are the future," prepare to be dazzled. These
girls are changing our world right now.
Paola Gianturco and her eleven-year-old granddaughter documented
the work of fifteen girl-led nonprofit groups in thirteen countries
in Asia and Central Asia, North and Latin America, the Middle East,
Africa and Oceania. They interviewed and photographed 102 girls. If
you think "girls are the future," prepare to be dazzled. These
girls are changing our world right now.
Groups of activist girls age 10-18 are transforming our world:
improving education, health, equality and the environment; stopping
child marriage, domestic violence, trafficking and war. Their
imagination and courage radiate through their stories, all told in
their own words.
Groups of activist girls age 10-18 are transforming our world:
improving education, health, equality and the environment; stopping
child marriage, domestic violence, trafficking and war. Their
imagination and courage radiate through their stories, all told in
their own words.
In this book, you will watch girls lobby U.S. senators; see Mexican
girls invent mobile phone apps to solve social problems; meet
Malawian girls who convinced Parliament to outlaw child marriage.
You will eavesdrop on Ugandan girls as they advocate for girls'
rights at a UN meeting. And you will meet other girls as they write
blogs, petitions, poetry, create radio shows, videos, invent
dances, songs and works of art to promote their causes.
In this book, you will watch girls lobby U.S. senators; see Mexican
girls invent mobile phone apps to solve social problems; meet
Malawian girls who convinced Parliament to outlaw child marriage.
You will eavesdrop on Ugandan girls as they advocate for girls'
rights at a UN meeting. And you will meet other girls as they write
blogs, petitions, poetry, create radio shows, videos, invent
dances, songs and works of art to promote their causes.Wonder Girls: Changing Our World
Wonder Girls: Changing Our World is a call to
action to help these girls accomplish their important work. Alex
Sangster's sections, the finale of each chapter, tell you
how.
is a call to
action to help these girls accomplish their important work. Alex
Sangster's sections, the finale of each chapter, tell you
how.
The book's Foreword was written by Musimbi Kanyoro, President and
CEO of the Global Fund for Women, the world's largest grant- making
organization that benefits women and girls internationally.
The book's Foreword was written by Musimbi Kanyoro, President and
CEO of the Global Fund for Women, the world's largest grant- making
organization that benefits women and girls internationally.
The Global Fund for Women will receive 100% of the authors'
royalties from this book.
The Global Fund for Women will receive 100% of the authors'
royalties from this book.